Snoop Dogg, Smoking, Black & White, Los Angeles, 1998
Print Details
About this photograph
Snoop Dogg photographed in Los Angeles for the cover of The Source magazine. February 2, 1998.
Snoop Dogg’s first album Doggy Style debuted in 1993 at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. Today he is one of the West Coast’s most influential artists, producers and entrepreneurs known for his laid back persona. On assignment for The Source magazine, photographer Jay Blakesberg recalls Snoop arrived at the shoot and emerged from a car in a cloud of smoke.
Print sizes and editions
8" x 10" - Open Edition
11" x 14" - Open Edition
16" x 20" - Edition of 100
20" x 24" - Edition of 100
24" x 30" - Edition of 10
30" x 40" - Edition of 10
Print type
Archival pigment print
Paper type
Hahnemuhle Paper
Signature
Hand signed by photographer in graphite
About the photographer
Jay Blakesberg is a San Francisco-based photographer and filmmaker, best known for his work with legendary artists like the Grateful Dead, Neil Young, and Tom Waits. With a career spanning since 1978, Jay has published 16 coffee table books and launched Retro Photo Archive with his daughter in 2020 to represent photographers for licensing and fine art print sales.
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